D McDaid

..However, there is a lack of knowledge across Europe concerning interventions that aim at reducing somatic morbidity and excess mortality by promoting behaviour-based and/or environment-based interventions...

..The paper aims at identifying and assessing economic evaluations in both these areas to support evidence based prioritisation of resource allocation...

..These recommendations are likely to have general resonance across a range of policy evaluations as they move from early planning and implementation to more mature phases...

..However, the evidence for effective preventive strategies is scarce. The protocol of a European research project to develop an optimized evidence based program for suicide prevention is presented...

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..The economic downturn may, however, also present a specific opportunity for radical innovation within the mental health system...

..More empirical work is required to elicit information on both the positive and negative satisfaction associated with caregiving and to incorporate this into valuations of the costs related to informal care...

..The Mental Health Economics European Network (MHEEN) was set up in 2002 with the broad objective of developing a base for mental health economics information and subsequent work in 17 countries...

..To evaluate how the regulatory environment and health system organisation, financing and provider payment systems influence the delivery of mental health services in the Sverdlovsk region of the Russian Federation...

..The role and activities to promote mental well-being in the workplace undertaken by both national and international organizations in Europe are outlined along with important gaps and challenges that need to be addressed...

..Many gaps remain; a key first step would be to make more use of the existence evidence base on effectiveness and model mid- to long-term costs and benefits of action in different contexts and settings...

..One challenge therefore is to evaluate how effective different implementation mechanisms may be in improving overall vaccination rates for target populations across Europe...

..Linking knowledge production to changes in practice remains a key challenge. Further research on implementation and impact assessment is required, to help demonstrate the value of evaluations on both policy and practice...

..A study was undertaken to investigate preferences for the assessment of cardiac risk, testing the suitability of conjoint analysis, a multiattribute preference elicitation method, in the field of clinical diagnosis...

..Decision-makers have to plan a dynamic community-based system to match the needs of people moving from institutions, and must take the long view...

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..Tax-funded systems provide universal coverage in theory. However, the quality and distribution of publicly financed health care services makes access difficult in practice, particularly for rural poor communities...

..So far, reviews of economic evaluations have relied upon noncomprehensive sources and have adopted simplistic search methods, both likely to lead to biased results...

..This paper briefly details the history, objectives and location of HEN...

..This paper seeks to provide a methodology to assess the cost-effectiveness of anti-stigma campaigns for people with mental health problems...

..A number of evaluations are planned. The challenge is to build on these initiatives, in order to address what remains a major gap in our knowledge on the economics of mental health...

..To facilitate mental health reform in one Russian oblast (region) using systematic approaches to policy design and implementation...

..To discuss the burden of poor mental health in workers, who currently bears it, and how the associated rising costs are being addressed, from an international perspective...

..The potential of HTA is great, and its use has increased, but it remains largely unexploited in most countries...

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